Tess McGill
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Tess McGill is the ambitious, street-smart Staten Island secretary who fights to advance her career in the 1988 film "Working Girl."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tess McGill canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10738061 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tess McGill Context triple: [Working Girl, character, Tess McGill]
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A.
Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer known for her lyrical style and for her long personal and creative partnership with writer Raymond Carver.
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B.
Tess Coleman
Tess Coleman is the overworked psychiatrist mother who swaps bodies with her teenage daughter in the 2003 comedy film "Freaky Friday."
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C.
Tess Harper
Tess Harper is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Crimes of the Heart" and "Tender Mercies."
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D.
Tess Nichols
Tess Nichols is a central character in the romantic comedy film "27 Dresses," known as the beautiful but self-centered younger sister whose engagement complicates the protagonist's love life.
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E.
Rachel Sutherland
Rachel Sutherland is a Canadian television producer and production manager, known for her work on various TV series and as the daughter of actor Donald Sutherland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tess McGill Target entity description: Tess McGill is the ambitious, street-smart Staten Island secretary who fights to advance her career in the 1988 film "Working Girl."
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A.
Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer known for her lyrical style and for her long personal and creative partnership with writer Raymond Carver.
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B.
Tess Coleman
Tess Coleman is the overworked psychiatrist mother who swaps bodies with her teenage daughter in the 2003 comedy film "Freaky Friday."
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C.
Tess Harper
Tess Harper is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Crimes of the Heart" and "Tender Mercies."
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D.
Tess Nichols
Tess Nichols is a central character in the romantic comedy film "27 Dresses," known as the beautiful but self-centered younger sister whose engagement complicates the protagonist's love life.
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E.
Rachel Sutherland
Rachel Sutherland is a Canadian television producer and production manager, known for her work on various TV series and as the daughter of actor Donald Sutherland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Working Girl ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jack Trainer
ⓘ
Katherine Parker ⓘ
linked to:
Katharine Parker
|
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Katherine Parker
ⓘ
linked to:
Katharine Parker
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Kevin Wade ⓘ |
| describedAs |
ambitious
ⓘ
career-driven ⓘ street-smart ⓘ working-class ⓘ |
| employer |
Katherine Parker
ⓘ
linked to:
Katharine Parker
investment bank (fictional) ⓘ |
| familyName | McGill ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Working Girl universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Working Girl
|
| firstAppearance |
Working Girl (1988 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Working Girl
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
drama
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Tess ⓘ |
| goal |
advance her career
ⓘ
break into the corporate world ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| industry |
corporate mergers and acquisitions
ⓘ
finance ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | rising from secretary to executive position ⓘ |
| occupation |
corporate professional
ⓘ
executive assistant ⓘ secretary ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Melanie Griffith ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | live-action film ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Jack Trainer ⓘ |
| screenTimeFocus | central character arc ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female empowerment in the workplace
ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ |
| worksFor | Wall Street firm (fictional) ⓘ |
| worksIn | Manhattan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tess McGill Description of subject: Tess McGill is the ambitious, street-smart Staten Island secretary who fights to advance her career in the 1988 film "Working Girl."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.